Stevens Institute of Technology Athletics

Lance Harden was named the Head Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Coach in the Fall of 2018, becoming the fifth head coach in program history. 

In 2021, Harden helped Gina Dello Russo win the Outdoor National Championship in the 400-meter dash to become the eighth National Champion in the history of the program.

Under Harden’s guidance, the Ducks swept Empire 8 Conference Championship titles in women’s and men’s indoor and outdoor track and field in the 2019 season and won the men's Middle Atlantic Conference indoor track and field title in 2020. Harden has captured four Coach of the Year accolades across the six sports he oversees in his first two seasons on Castle Point.

• 2021: NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship (17th place)
• 2021: NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship
• 2020: NCAA Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships*
• 2019: Men's and Women's NCAA Cross Country Atlantic Regional
• 2019: NCAA Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championships 
• 2019: NCAA Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships (t-18th place) 
• 2019: NCAA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships (33rd place)
• 2018: Men’s and Women's NCAA Cross Country Atlantic Regional 

• 2021: Gina Dello Russo – Outdoor Track and Field NCAA Divsion III National Champion (400m)
• 2021: Gina Dello Russo – Outdoor Track and Field All-American (200m)
• 2020: Gina Dello Russo – Indoor Track and Field All-American (200m & 400m) and earned a spot in the NCAA Woman of the Year Top-30
• 2019: Gina Della Russo – Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field All-American (200m & 400m) 
• 2019: Katie Weeks – Indoor Track and Field All-American (Weight throw) 

• 2019: Gina Dello Russo – Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
• 2019: Katie Weeks – Atlantic Region Women’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
• Five All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Event Champions:
  • 2020: Nicholas DiMaria – 400 Meter Dash (Indoor)
  • 2020: Gina Dello Russo – 400 Meter Dash (Indoor)
  • 2019: Alex Kainer – 200 Meter Dash (Outdoor)
  • 2019: Nicholas DiMaria – 400 Meter Dash (Outdoor)
  • 2019: Evan Kainer – Decathalon (Outdoor)
• 27 All-Region Track & Field Honorees

• 2021: Laura Mathews – Outdoor Rookie of the Year
• 2020: Laura Mathews – Indoor Rookie of the Year
• 2020: David Springstead – Indoor Co-Rookie of the Year
• 2020: Indoor Men's Track and Field Coach of the Year
• 2020: Indoor Men's Track and Field Conference Champions

• 2019: Gina Della Russo – Indoor and Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year 
• 2019: Katie Weeks – Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year 
• 2019: Alex Kainer - Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet
• 2019: Men’s Indoor Track and Field Conference Champions 
• 2019: Women’s Indoor Track and Field Conference Champions 
• 2019: Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Conference Champions 
• 2019: Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Conference Champions 
• 2019: Men’s Indoor Track and Field Coaching Staff of the Year 
• 2019: Women’s Indoor Track and Field Coaching Staff of the Year 
• 2019: Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Coaching Staff of the Year
• 2019: 88 All-Empire 8 Honorees (9 XC, 35 Indoor, 44 Outdoor)

• 2021: Gina Dello Russo – MAC Senior Scholar-Athlete
• 2020: Gina Dello Russo – First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 2020: Nicholas DiMaria – Second Team CoSIDA Academic All-American
• 2019: Alex Kainer – Empire 8 Senior Scholar Athlete, CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 
• 2019: Nicholas DiMaria – CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District 
• 2019: Gina Della Russo – CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Teams:
  • 2021: Men's and Women's Track and Field
  • 2020: Men's and Women's Track and Field
  • 2019: Men's and Women's Cross Country
  • 2019: Men's and Women's Track and Field 
  • 2018: Men’s and Women’s Cross Country
• 12 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes

• Coached Gina Dello Russo to a National Championship in the 400-meters in 2021, just the eighth National Champion in program history
• Gina Dello Russo just the second student-athlete in the history of the institution to be named to the NCAA Woman of the Year Top-30 
• Helped Gina Dello Russo finish in third place in the 400-meter dash and seventh place in the 200-meter dash at the DIII NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships and finish second place in the 400-meter dash and seventh place in the 200-meter dash at the DIII NCAA Indoor T&F Championships in 2019
• Coached Katie Weeks to an eighth place finish in the Weight Throw at the DIII NCAA Indoor T&F Championships in 2019 and and to qualification in the Shot Put, Discus, and Hammer Throw at the DIII NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships in 2019
• Led Stevens to the Middle Atlantic Conference title in Men's Indoor Track and Field in 2020 with three men’s event winners and three women’s event champions
• Led the Ducks to a sweep of both the women’s and men’s indoor and outdoor Empire 8 Track and Field conference titles in 2019 
• Helped Stevens break a total of 19 school records in the 2018-19 season and nine records in the 2019-20 indoor season
• Coached 12 NCAA qualifiers and seven NCAA All-Americans
• Produced a total of 34 Empire 8 Event Champions in 2019
• Took the Ducks women’s cross country team to a runner-up finish at the 2018 Empire 8 Championship 
• Helped the Stevens men’s cross country team to a third place finish in the 2018 Empire 8 Championship
• Holds a USATF Level 2 Coaching Certification in Endurance and Throws 

• Recognized as the 2016 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Men's Outdoor Track Assistant Coach of the Year
• Coached the 2015 Outdoor Men's Track and Field Team to the 2015 UAA Championship, Emory's first since 2004
• Was a member of the 2015 UAA Men's Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year 
• Helped the cross country program reach the NCAA Championship in four straight seasons, while winning a pair of South/Southeast Regional titles 
• Led Emory to several accomplishments including: 
  • 10 school records 
  • Four University Athletic Association (UAA) individual champions 
  • Six NCAA Track Championship qualifiers 
  • Three NCAA All-Americans 
  • Two NCAA Postgraduate Scholars
  • 28 USTFCCCA Individual All-Academic honors and  
  • Two CoSIDA Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

• Helped lead the Williams women's cross country team to three consecutive podium finishes in the NCAA Championships from 2011-13
• Six NCAA Cross Country team appearances:
  • 2013: Women - Second Place
  • 2013: Men - Fifth Place
  • 2012: Women - Fourth Place
  • 2012: Men - 12th Place
  • 2011: Women - Third Place
  • 2011: Men - Sixth Place
• Helped coach the 2011 NCAA Individual Cross Country Champion & USTFCCCA NCAA DIII Cross Country Women’s Scholar Athlete of the Year, Chiara Del Piccolo.
• Coached the Ephs to a number of accomplishments including:
  • Six NESCAC Conference Team Championships: Four cross country, two track & field
  • Six DIII New England Regional Team Championships: Three cross country, two indoor track, one outdoor track
  • 19 NCAA All-Americans: Eight cross country, five indoor track, six outdoor track
  • Eight USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Honors and 49 USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual Honors
  • Two Fulbright Scholars, one Truman Scholar and one Rhodes Scholar

• Spent one year as a volunteer coach in 2010-11
• Eight-time First Team All-Southern Conference honoree (XC: Two, Outdoor: Three, Indoor: Three) 
• Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field 10,000-meter champion 
• Upon graduation, held school records in: 
  • XC: 8,000-meters 
  • Indoor: 3,000-meters and 5,000-meters 
  • Outdoor: 4 x 1,500-meter relay 
• Graduated in 2010 with a bachelor’s in philosophy